re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 7:17 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jeff (40 messages posted) Thanks again for all the help. When I use the Internet Explorer>tools>delete(cookies-temp. files-history) it only deletes from my account. I would have to log in under each kids name to do each account this way I think. It may seem like "spying" but using the "tree" I can monitor their internet activity by viewing their Temporary Internet files as thumbnails. I have never had any problems but they are teenage boys. Do you think these WER type folders could or should be deleted? The computer is old and we do need to upgrade to a new unit but the funds just aren't there at the moment. Keeping the cookies and Temp files to a minimum seems to be a bandaid fix for now. Thanks again for the help. Jeff On Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 9:42 am, Ari wrote: >You're going about this system cleanup activity in a not-good way. > >The mysterious files you're referring to are system dumps, which are created when >Windows crashes. If these files are being created frequently (look at their dates >of creation), then something is messed up with your Windows installation, and you're >going to continue to get crashes and unpredictable behavior. > >If you want to delete temporary files and cookies, you can do that using built-in >Windows utilities, rather than going through what you call "the tree" and deleting >anything that looks useless. It's possible that you've created your own problem >by doing that. > >To delete temporary files and cookies created by browing, go into Internet Explorer, >and go to Tools/Internet Options, and then press the delete tab. > >If you want to get rid of other temporary files, you could go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System >Tools/Disk Cleanup. > >If you want to see the files in your son's Documents and Settings, log in as your >son, using his password if he has one. > > Written in response to: re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Ari: Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 9:42 am) Responses to this message: re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Ari: Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8:58 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Jeff: Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 3:34 pm) re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (PeterD: Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 1:35 am) re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Jeff: Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 5:42 am) re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Ari: Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 9:42 am) re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Jeff: Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 7:17 pm) re: WERxxxx.dir00 ??? (Ari: Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 8:58 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum